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Women's Murder Club #10
10th Anniversary
Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals - but that the victim may be keeping secrets.
At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her life - a woman who has been accused of murdering her husband in front of her two young children. Yuki's career rests on a guilty verdict, so when Lindsay finds evidence that could save the defendant, she is forced to choose. Should she trust her best friend or follow her instinct?
Lindsay's every move is watched by her new boss, Lieutenant Jackson Brady, and when the pressure to find the baby starts interfering with her new marriage to Joe, she wonders if she'll ever be able to start a family of her own.
At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her life - a woman who has been accused of murdering her husband in front of her two young children. Yuki's career rests on a guilty verdict, so when Lindsay finds evidence that could save the defendant, she is forced to choose. Should she trust her best friend or follow her instinct?
Lindsay's every move is watched by her new boss, Lieutenant Jackson Brady, and when the pressure to find the baby starts interfering with her new marriage to Joe, she wonders if she'll ever be able to start a family of her own.
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First published September 1, 2011
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James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time and the creator of such unforgettable characters and series as Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride. He has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, and Michael Crichton, as well as collaborated on #1 bestselling nonfiction, including The Idaho Four, Walk in My Combat Boots, and Filthy Rich. Patterson has told the story of his own life in the #1 bestselling autobiography James Patterson by James Patterson. He is the recipient of an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal.
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James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time and the creator of such unforgettable characters and series as Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride. He has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, and Michael Crichton, as well as collaborated on #1 bestselling nonfiction, including The Idaho Four, Walk in My Combat Boots, and Filthy Rich. Patterson has told the story of his own life in the #1 bestselling autobiography James Patterson by James Patterson. He is the recipient of an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal.
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May 2, 2020
10th Anniversary in the tenth book in the Women's Murder Club series by James Patterson. It was my first Patterson novel and I really enjoyed it!
The Women's Murder Club consists of Detective Lindsay Boxer, reporter Cindy Thomas, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano and ME Claire Washburn. 10th Anniversary deals with three different, independent cases that are being handled by Lindsay, Cindy and Yuki each.
Lindsay's case deals with a 15-year-old girl, who was found naked and bleeding on the street after having delivered a baby in the last 36 hours. But the baby is nowhere to be found and the mother is of no help.
Meanwhile, Yuki is preparing for one of the biggest cases of her life—prosecution of a renowned doctor for the murder of her husband. On the request of the defense attorney, Lindsay looks into some things that Yuki had disregarded and something just doesn't feel right. When she turns up evidence that could ruin Yuki's chances of winning, Yuki is forced to consider that maybe the woman whose guilt she was so convinced of, could be innocent after all.
At the same time, Cindy is investigating the story of multiple women having reported being drugged and waking up in alleys and knowing that they were sexually assaulted but having no recollection of the event. Trying to get to the bottom of the case, she finds herself in a life-threatening situation.
I hadn't expected there to be multiple cases to be solved when I first dove into this book, so that was an exciting detail for me. Even though there were no major twists or shocking moments, each of the mysteries had a good resolution which made this book really enjoyable.
I love books with short chapters and this was one of them. It made for a fun and fast read. I liked all of the characters and it's obvious that the four women have been through a lot together in the past which makes me want to read this series from the beginning.
If you're looking for a fun mystery novel, this one's for you! Would definitely recommend it.
The Women's Murder Club consists of Detective Lindsay Boxer, reporter Cindy Thomas, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano and ME Claire Washburn. 10th Anniversary deals with three different, independent cases that are being handled by Lindsay, Cindy and Yuki each.
Lindsay's case deals with a 15-year-old girl, who was found naked and bleeding on the street after having delivered a baby in the last 36 hours. But the baby is nowhere to be found and the mother is of no help.
Meanwhile, Yuki is preparing for one of the biggest cases of her life—prosecution of a renowned doctor for the murder of her husband. On the request of the defense attorney, Lindsay looks into some things that Yuki had disregarded and something just doesn't feel right. When she turns up evidence that could ruin Yuki's chances of winning, Yuki is forced to consider that maybe the woman whose guilt she was so convinced of, could be innocent after all.
At the same time, Cindy is investigating the story of multiple women having reported being drugged and waking up in alleys and knowing that they were sexually assaulted but having no recollection of the event. Trying to get to the bottom of the case, she finds herself in a life-threatening situation.
I hadn't expected there to be multiple cases to be solved when I first dove into this book, so that was an exciting detail for me. Even though there were no major twists or shocking moments, each of the mysteries had a good resolution which made this book really enjoyable.
I love books with short chapters and this was one of them. It made for a fun and fast read. I liked all of the characters and it's obvious that the four women have been through a lot together in the past which makes me want to read this series from the beginning.
If you're looking for a fun mystery novel, this one's for you! Would definitely recommend it.
August 23, 2022
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10th Anniversary was just too over-the-top chick-lit romantic projectile vomit for me to really connect with.
The mystery elements were quickly wrapped up halfway through. I suspect this was because it is the 10th novel in the series, so most of it was more focused on the women and their private lives and how those have changed over the series length. It was all about wanting to have babies, getting married, romance problems, friendship squabbles, pining after ruggedly handsome men, etc, etc.
The women spend a lot of time helping each other out with their perspective issues and cases - cases that have nothing to do with each other - leading to an uptick in female bonding that I just didn't think was possible at this point.
Lindsay spends most of the time complaining and whining and doing her job half-assed while she investigates a far-fetched kidnapping that isn't really a kidnapping. And Yuki was particularly annoying this time around, more concerned with winning a murder trial than with the fact that she's possibly sending an innocent woman to jail. There's also a butt load of crying in this book.
I can't tell if Patterson & Co. were trying to create something dramatic and big for the 10th novel or if they've just gotten to a point where phoning it in has become the default for the sake of speed.
⭐⭐ | 2 stars
10th Anniversary was just too over-the-top chick-lit romantic projectile vomit for me to really connect with.
The mystery elements were quickly wrapped up halfway through. I suspect this was because it is the 10th novel in the series, so most of it was more focused on the women and their private lives and how those have changed over the series length. It was all about wanting to have babies, getting married, romance problems, friendship squabbles, pining after ruggedly handsome men, etc, etc.
The women spend a lot of time helping each other out with their perspective issues and cases - cases that have nothing to do with each other - leading to an uptick in female bonding that I just didn't think was possible at this point.
Lindsay spends most of the time complaining and whining and doing her job half-assed while she investigates a far-fetched kidnapping that isn't really a kidnapping. And Yuki was particularly annoying this time around, more concerned with winning a murder trial than with the fact that she's possibly sending an innocent woman to jail. There's also a butt load of crying in this book.
I can't tell if Patterson & Co. were trying to create something dramatic and big for the 10th novel or if they've just gotten to a point where phoning it in has become the default for the sake of speed.
⭐⭐ | 2 stars
July 28, 2011
While the WMC series has become a little more hokey in books past,. I keep reading. I loved the short-lived TV series and always hope Patterson will add some more spice to these books. Alas, it was not there, but it is a cult fav. and so I keep reading.
Boxer finally ties the knot at the beginning of the book, but is left to forge ahead with her life and job, even as Joe is home to tend the house. She wrestles with this throughout and comes to some interesting conclusions at various times. Oh, Lindsay!
Unlike most of the series, where two seemingly unconnected cases string together, in this one, it is the characters who help one another on cases totally individual from one another. Yuki's murder trial forges ahead with many a bump as Boxer deals with an apparent baby kidnapping. We see some personal progress with Yuki and CIndy (and toss in a sub-story about the roving reporter), but nothing we cannot handle.
With hints throughout, the ending is quite obvious, but that is for you to discover.
Boxer finally ties the knot at the beginning of the book, but is left to forge ahead with her life and job, even as Joe is home to tend the house. She wrestles with this throughout and comes to some interesting conclusions at various times. Oh, Lindsay!
Unlike most of the series, where two seemingly unconnected cases string together, in this one, it is the characters who help one another on cases totally individual from one another. Yuki's murder trial forges ahead with many a bump as Boxer deals with an apparent baby kidnapping. We see some personal progress with Yuki and CIndy (and toss in a sub-story about the roving reporter), but nothing we cannot handle.
With hints throughout, the ending is quite obvious, but that is for you to discover.
August 5, 2019
It's the day of Lindsay and Joe's wedding!!! Everything will be perfect. Right?
Fifteen year old Avis Richardson struggles to stay conscious. The cramps across her belly are getting worse. She's lost a lot of blood and it's still flowing down her legs. She desperately wants to sleep but it's dark, cold, and raining and she has no idea where she is or what's happened. She's scared, and lost. All she can see is trees and rocky ground. There! Finally, a road. It's all she can do to stumble onto the pavement. She hears the sqeal of tires and a woman gets out of her car, dialing 911. The young girl manages to speak only a few words.
I've lost my baby.
Then, everything goes dark.
When Lindsay returns to work, following her wedding, things in the squad room are different than when she left. Warren Jacoby has been promoted to Chief of Homicide and a new guy, Jackson Brady is now her Liutenent and boss. Brady is a nonsense boss and is watching Lindsay's every move, adding increasing pressure to find the missing baby, and taking time away from Joe in the process.
Lindsay and Richie are given the case surrounding Avis Richardson and her 'lost'
newborn baby. They have no idea if the baby is alive or dead. When they arrive at Avis's bedside, she's unable to stay awake at first. Once she can focus, Lindsay and Richie try to put enough pieces together to locate the infant. She claims that she called a number that says "help for pregnant girls." She says that she spoke with two men who met her outside her school. She was given money in exchange they would, in Avis's words, "take it off my hands."
Then, when her baby was due, she was taken to a cabin where two women helped her deliver the baby, a boy. She was supposed to stay in bed, have something to eat, drink, and recover from the birth but she just wanted to go home so she snuck out, ending up lost and on the road. From the start Avis is uncooperative in helping Lindsay and Richie find the baby, lying through her teeth each time she's questioned and telling them a different story that she makes up as she goes along. Lindsay, getting angrier by the minute, threatens to lock the girl up to get the truth. She askes Richie,
"How do you know if a teenager is lying?
How.
Their lips are moving"
Meanwhile, Yuki is prosecuting a case in which a woman shot and killed her husband right in front of her two children. Yuki is certain that she's guilty, pulling out all the stops to win the biggest case of her career. Then Lindsay discovers a piece evidence that may prove that the woman is innocent. If it is true and it gets out it could be career ending for her good friend Yuki. Lindsay now has to decide. Keep quiet and let Yuki win her case? Or
do the right thing and save an innocent women from going to prison.
10th Anniversary by Maxine Paetro is in audio book format and it was my favorite book in the series thus far! From the first word
There's no time to breathe as this thriller goes on a high speed chase to find a newborn baby, with unforeseen obsticals around every corner. The tension is high, the drama is intense, and the twists just keep on coming. This is another brilliant adventure in the Woman's Murder Club series. You won't want to miss a second!
Fifteen year old Avis Richardson struggles to stay conscious. The cramps across her belly are getting worse. She's lost a lot of blood and it's still flowing down her legs. She desperately wants to sleep but it's dark, cold, and raining and she has no idea where she is or what's happened. She's scared, and lost. All she can see is trees and rocky ground. There! Finally, a road. It's all she can do to stumble onto the pavement. She hears the sqeal of tires and a woman gets out of her car, dialing 911. The young girl manages to speak only a few words.
I've lost my baby.
Then, everything goes dark.
When Lindsay returns to work, following her wedding, things in the squad room are different than when she left. Warren Jacoby has been promoted to Chief of Homicide and a new guy, Jackson Brady is now her Liutenent and boss. Brady is a nonsense boss and is watching Lindsay's every move, adding increasing pressure to find the missing baby, and taking time away from Joe in the process.
Lindsay and Richie are given the case surrounding Avis Richardson and her 'lost'
newborn baby. They have no idea if the baby is alive or dead. When they arrive at Avis's bedside, she's unable to stay awake at first. Once she can focus, Lindsay and Richie try to put enough pieces together to locate the infant. She claims that she called a number that says "help for pregnant girls." She says that she spoke with two men who met her outside her school. She was given money in exchange they would, in Avis's words, "take it off my hands."
Then, when her baby was due, she was taken to a cabin where two women helped her deliver the baby, a boy. She was supposed to stay in bed, have something to eat, drink, and recover from the birth but she just wanted to go home so she snuck out, ending up lost and on the road. From the start Avis is uncooperative in helping Lindsay and Richie find the baby, lying through her teeth each time she's questioned and telling them a different story that she makes up as she goes along. Lindsay, getting angrier by the minute, threatens to lock the girl up to get the truth. She askes Richie,
"How do you know if a teenager is lying?
How.
Their lips are moving"
Meanwhile, Yuki is prosecuting a case in which a woman shot and killed her husband right in front of her two children. Yuki is certain that she's guilty, pulling out all the stops to win the biggest case of her career. Then Lindsay discovers a piece evidence that may prove that the woman is innocent. If it is true and it gets out it could be career ending for her good friend Yuki. Lindsay now has to decide. Keep quiet and let Yuki win her case? Or
do the right thing and save an innocent women from going to prison.
10th Anniversary by Maxine Paetro is in audio book format and it was my favorite book in the series thus far! From the first word
There's no time to breathe as this thriller goes on a high speed chase to find a newborn baby, with unforeseen obsticals around every corner. The tension is high, the drama is intense, and the twists just keep on coming. This is another brilliant adventure in the Woman's Murder Club series. You won't want to miss a second!
October 17, 2023
Ten years later, the tenth in the series, 10TH ANNIVERSARY!
Unlike other suspense thrillers, apparently unrelated story lines remain unrelated. They happen in the same universe to be sure, the dramatis personae in each story is the same with the lead roles and supporting roles swapping their places in the story spotlight but the stories never actually mesh together into a single plot. 10TH ANNIVERSARY, in effect, is a collection of short stories, perhaps novellas, that happen simultaneously and cross each other’s path without ever meshing or affecting one another. The approach is successful! This is, after all, the 10th in a long running series so Patterson and Maxine Maestro are doing SOMETHING right!
Story #1 – kidnapping and baby trafficking, statutory rape, and a very snotty young lady who needs to figure out that the world does not revolve around her; Story #2 – pedophilia, adultery, a murder trial in which the prosecutor’s professional future hinges on a conviction but who is unsure of the guilt of prisoner in the dock; and, last but not least, Story #3 – the perils of investigative journalism and a serial rapist whose MO appears to be the use of a powerful date-rape drug. Kudos to Patterson and Maestro, the stories are entertaining and sufficiently compelling that there isn’t the least chance I was going to set the book aside or stop reading!
Can you smell that “but” coming?
With 10TH ANNIVERSARY, Patterson and Maestro clearly decided that it was time to re-align the Women’s Murder Club’s love lives, personal lives and working relationships. I found it all at best boring and uninteresting, and, at worst, sufficiently cheesy to prompt a gag reflex. I definitely do NOT care about Lindsay Boxer’s maternal instincts and insane compulsion to have a late life baby, for example. I care even less that Assistant DA Yuki Castellano is making the very questionable decision to fall head-over-heels in lust with a married police officer. More over, I think these decisions, among others in this extended soap opera, will be damaging to the prospects of future novels in the series.
I’m still a fan of the series. But my faith has been shaken and I’m left with the question whether The Women’s Murder Club is standing in front of a shark that it intends to jump over next novel around! We’ll see.
Paul Weiss
Unlike other suspense thrillers, apparently unrelated story lines remain unrelated. They happen in the same universe to be sure, the dramatis personae in each story is the same with the lead roles and supporting roles swapping their places in the story spotlight but the stories never actually mesh together into a single plot. 10TH ANNIVERSARY, in effect, is a collection of short stories, perhaps novellas, that happen simultaneously and cross each other’s path without ever meshing or affecting one another. The approach is successful! This is, after all, the 10th in a long running series so Patterson and Maxine Maestro are doing SOMETHING right!
Story #1 – kidnapping and baby trafficking, statutory rape, and a very snotty young lady who needs to figure out that the world does not revolve around her; Story #2 – pedophilia, adultery, a murder trial in which the prosecutor’s professional future hinges on a conviction but who is unsure of the guilt of prisoner in the dock; and, last but not least, Story #3 – the perils of investigative journalism and a serial rapist whose MO appears to be the use of a powerful date-rape drug. Kudos to Patterson and Maestro, the stories are entertaining and sufficiently compelling that there isn’t the least chance I was going to set the book aside or stop reading!
Can you smell that “but” coming?
With 10TH ANNIVERSARY, Patterson and Maestro clearly decided that it was time to re-align the Women’s Murder Club’s love lives, personal lives and working relationships. I found it all at best boring and uninteresting, and, at worst, sufficiently cheesy to prompt a gag reflex. I definitely do NOT care about Lindsay Boxer’s maternal instincts and insane compulsion to have a late life baby, for example. I care even less that Assistant DA Yuki Castellano is making the very questionable decision to fall head-over-heels in lust with a married police officer. More over, I think these decisions, among others in this extended soap opera, will be damaging to the prospects of future novels in the series.
I’m still a fan of the series. But my faith has been shaken and I’m left with the question whether The Women’s Murder Club is standing in front of a shark that it intends to jump over next novel around! We’ll see.
Paul Weiss
January 15, 2018
This was one fast paced book. I read it in one sitting because I just get so engrossed in these books. There was a multiple crime plots that the reader gets so invested in! I thoroughly enjoyed following the Avis plot line best though. I was hooked even though it was a bit predictable. the audacity of Avis was just entertaining to say the least.
My quick and simple overall: quick read that is fast based with some much entertainment in the crime storylines.
My quick and simple overall: quick read that is fast based with some much entertainment in the crime storylines.
February 6, 2019
Women's Murder Club #10
In this book Lindsey Boxer has just got married and she has been called in to investigate a teenage girl who was left for dead, her newborn baby was nowhere to be seen.
Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her career so far. A women has been accused of murdering her husband in front of her two children. Yuki's career relies on a guilty verdict. But Lindsey finds evidence that could save the defendant.
I quite like the Women's Murder Club series but for some reason this one felt a bit flat. It wasn't the triple storylines, as they can normally work quite well. I do like that the author writes his books with short chapters. My fingers are crossed that the next book in this series is better.
In this book Lindsey Boxer has just got married and she has been called in to investigate a teenage girl who was left for dead, her newborn baby was nowhere to be seen.
Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her career so far. A women has been accused of murdering her husband in front of her two children. Yuki's career relies on a guilty verdict. But Lindsey finds evidence that could save the defendant.
I quite like the Women's Murder Club series but for some reason this one felt a bit flat. It wasn't the triple storylines, as they can normally work quite well. I do like that the author writes his books with short chapters. My fingers are crossed that the next book in this series is better.
March 5, 2025
A new version, a harder one, from "Sex and the City", as Mr. Patterson keeps us in touch with the love affairs of his protegees, a thing I'm not interested in at all, mainly because Lindsay is dumb and horribly jealous.
That makes the difference between four and three stars, taken together with some other unpleasant facts from the book: Lindsay is in a perpetual hurry, too rough and she doesn't know to manage her phone calls properly, the Wysocki staging is too brutal for nothing, many final pages have no mean at all.
Not to mention the Police, quite unable to make any arrest under decent conditions...
That makes the difference between four and three stars, taken together with some other unpleasant facts from the book: Lindsay is in a perpetual hurry, too rough and she doesn't know to manage her phone calls properly, the Wysocki staging is too brutal for nothing, many final pages have no mean at all.
Not to mention the Police, quite unable to make any arrest under decent conditions...
June 19, 2024
The 10th book in the Women’s Murder Club series I might be being a little nice there but I actually quite enjoyed this one. However there is still too much lovey-dovey stuff for my liking.
The courtroom drama was ok but a little boring in parts for me, these book still provide a break for me from those more advanced/complex books as they are so easy to read and might only take me a day or two if I get stuck in.
This one I thought really felt fast-paced and the main plot line I did want to keep reading to find out what was going to happen. It was just a shame I had to read all of the courtroom drama before I got there!
“Yes. I was seeing Dennis for a couple of years. Until about a month before his death.” Yuki tucked her hair behind her ears and said to Walker, “By ‘seeing’ Dennis Martin, do you mean you were having a sexual relationship”
I am still going to carry on with the series even though it might not be the best in the world because they are such easy reads and really help me to move on from a more complex book. These have really become the breather between other books for me!
On to the next!
The courtroom drama was ok but a little boring in parts for me, these book still provide a break for me from those more advanced/complex books as they are so easy to read and might only take me a day or two if I get stuck in.
This one I thought really felt fast-paced and the main plot line I did want to keep reading to find out what was going to happen. It was just a shame I had to read all of the courtroom drama before I got there!
“Yes. I was seeing Dennis for a couple of years. Until about a month before his death.” Yuki tucked her hair behind her ears and said to Walker, “By ‘seeing’ Dennis Martin, do you mean you were having a sexual relationship”
I am still going to carry on with the series even though it might not be the best in the world because they are such easy reads and really help me to move on from a more complex book. These have really become the breather between other books for me!
On to the next!
March 8, 2012
I continue to read the Women's Murder Club series out of some misguided loyalty to the characters. I was interested to see how Lindsay's wedding and marriage would turn out, however, this took up about five pages...The rest of the book was taken up with three separate (and terribly disjointed) cases going on at once - Lindsay's investigation into a missing baby, Yuki's legal case against a doctor accused of murdering her husband, and a poorly tacked on plot about Cindy investigating a series of mysterious rapes. None of the cases had anything to do with each other and it showed as the Club rarely interacted with one another.
Out of the three subplots, only Yuki's was halfways interesting, although the authors tried to throw in far too many twists to keep the suspense going. Cindy's plot seemed like an after thought to keep her relevant to the story and Lindsay's case is one that wouldn't have been investigated by homicide. Claire's absence was glaringly obvious to fans of the series.
My real problem with the series is that it is no longer about the girls working together to help solve one of Lindsay's cases. Their friendship is almost nonexistent - disappointing as this was the best part of these books.
Out of the three subplots, only Yuki's was halfways interesting, although the authors tried to throw in far too many twists to keep the suspense going. Cindy's plot seemed like an after thought to keep her relevant to the story and Lindsay's case is one that wouldn't have been investigated by homicide. Claire's absence was glaringly obvious to fans of the series.
My real problem with the series is that it is no longer about the girls working together to help solve one of Lindsay's cases. Their friendship is almost nonexistent - disappointing as this was the best part of these books.
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April 30, 2020DNF. Probably me. But I lost interest around page 50.
August 11, 2011
Perhaps one of the worst books ever. This was the only Patterson-related series I still read and I'm thinking this is the last JP novel I will ever read. Usually there's some overarching crime that keeps you intrigued, but the first "mystery" was resolved halfway through the book and the other one or two were just as ridiculous. And what happened to the ladies actually hanging out with each other...part of what made this series different is that the women worked together and there was none of that. Total disappointment.
June 14, 2011
James Patterson has just started phoning it in. This book was just a disappointment. As a fan of the series, I want to read everything that comes out about the group. It seems that Patterson has taken advantage of this and put out mindless dribble. The case is a kidnapping that's not a kidnapping. The relationships between the women seem superficial. The dialogue is weak. When the book ends, I'm glad that it's over, but not at all satisfied.
September 24, 2022
James Patterson and Maxine Paetro have written another enjoyable book in the Women's Murder Club series. The characters are balanced and the simultaneous sub-plots are carefully crafted to flow throughout the story. All the sub-plots come together in a very satisfying manner, and as expected, Patterson/Paetro leave us looking forward to the next adventure.
October 20, 2021
Eh, the WMC series is getting a little too predictable and not as twisted as the earlier books. The cases here are pretty much solved half way through the book. The symbolization of the 10th anniversary title has nothing to do with what you’d think and its kind of annoying. I don’t see how its relevant. I don’t know it just felt thrown together, especially the ending. I could’ve done without it and still foresee what would be written in the next book because of how emotionally heavy most of the book was. There is a lot of talk about life choices in regards to marriage, relationships, and babies. Nothing wrong with that. Of course I’m going to continue with the series just not really expecting much more from this point forward.
August 9, 2021
As usual, multiple story lines going on, all neatly tied together in the end. Detective Boxer does get married in this one and works her magic solving cases with her more than thorough investigative skills and, of course, the help of the other members of the Women's Murder Club.
August 31, 2016
Definitely not one of my favorite books in this series but I still enjoyed it.
The cases were not as exciting as they normally are to me and I really started to dislike Yuki as a character in this book. She's never been one of my favorites but I really just don't like her.
Hopefully the next one is even better!
The cases were not as exciting as they normally are to me and I really started to dislike Yuki as a character in this book. She's never been one of my favorites but I really just don't like her.
Hopefully the next one is even better!
June 11, 2020
Lindsay gets married and she still treats her new husband as a trash - her selfish behavior is pretty significant - her forgetting to call him or miss important dates. Why she got married or is even in a relationship as a character with no regard for her life partner is beyond me.
She and her partner Rich investigate a mystery about a teenage girl at a fancy boarding school, who gets pregnant by a mystery guy and sells her baby to a couple of guys from a sketchy ad on the internet. She can’t remember anything about the birth or who the men were. Then she recounts the story and comes up with a completely new one. Lindsay can’t let it go and keeps butting heads with everyone about the investigation.
Yuki is trying a case of a woman who supposedly shot her husband to death but she insists that a faceless intruder did it. Lindsay gets involved by questioning if the woman really did do it and makes Yuki angry. Yuki also starts sleeping with Lindsay’s new boss, Brady.
Cindy is investigating a series of sexual assaults on women who can’t remember anything from the previous night or about the assault. Rich proposes to her in a very romantic way and she says yes.
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There is a lot of back information about each of the main characters which makes the reading a bit tedious. I understand they want to recap and introduce characters as if they were new each book for people who randomly pick up book #10 and never read the previous ones. Not sure how many people do that but for the ones who read in order there is a lot to skim through.
The crimes were rather mundane in my opinion this time around. Lot of time spent in the courtroom to make it more procedure drama than anything else.
Lot of time was also spent on investigating and little on main characters’ development.
Overall the ‘weakest’ of the series for me.
She and her partner Rich investigate a mystery about a teenage girl at a fancy boarding school, who gets pregnant by a mystery guy and sells her baby to a couple of guys from a sketchy ad on the internet. She can’t remember anything about the birth or who the men were. Then she recounts the story and comes up with a completely new one. Lindsay can’t let it go and keeps butting heads with everyone about the investigation.
Yuki is trying a case of a woman who supposedly shot her husband to death but she insists that a faceless intruder did it. Lindsay gets involved by questioning if the woman really did do it and makes Yuki angry. Yuki also starts sleeping with Lindsay’s new boss, Brady.
Cindy is investigating a series of sexual assaults on women who can’t remember anything from the previous night or about the assault. Rich proposes to her in a very romantic way and she says yes.
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There is a lot of back information about each of the main characters which makes the reading a bit tedious. I understand they want to recap and introduce characters as if they were new each book for people who randomly pick up book #10 and never read the previous ones. Not sure how many people do that but for the ones who read in order there is a lot to skim through.
The crimes were rather mundane in my opinion this time around. Lot of time spent in the courtroom to make it more procedure drama than anything else.
Lot of time was also spent on investigating and little on main characters’ development.
Overall the ‘weakest’ of the series for me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 23, 2018
Știu că Patterson „scrie” zeci de cărți, dar chiar trebuia să își bată joc de seria Clubul Fetelor de la Crimă? Unde e dispărut prietenia dintre protagoniste? Suspansul? MISTERUL? Mă simt de parcă am citit un chick lit. Ugh.
May 26, 2011
I didn't really like this book, but then again I don't believe I'm the target audience for it.
This is my first James Patterson book, and I bought it because I recognized the name and thought it would be interesting to read something by a different author.
I'm a 51 year-old male, and I think this is clearly a "chick book". I'm not scared of books about romance, but this book contains characters pining for babies, falling in love with men with big athletic shoulders and soft brown hair curling around their face, guys with pretty blond hair in a ponytail, etc. I read a line to my wife where one woman tells her husband she wants to make a baby with him in fulfillment of their love for each other, and even she thought it was over the top. The plot was OK, but I didn't find the characters that interesting to me. Especially Yuki, the prosecutor, who seems so desperate to win a murder case that she doesn't seem very concerned that the accused might actually be innocent. She is disappointed she might lose the conviction because of all the time she has put into the case, with seemingly little remorse about sending an innocent woman to prison if she's wrong.
If you're a woman enjoying a busy plot intertwined with a lot of female bonding, you'll probably like this book, but if you're looking for something deeper, you probably won't.
This is my first James Patterson book, and I bought it because I recognized the name and thought it would be interesting to read something by a different author.
I'm a 51 year-old male, and I think this is clearly a "chick book". I'm not scared of books about romance, but this book contains characters pining for babies, falling in love with men with big athletic shoulders and soft brown hair curling around their face, guys with pretty blond hair in a ponytail, etc. I read a line to my wife where one woman tells her husband she wants to make a baby with him in fulfillment of their love for each other, and even she thought it was over the top. The plot was OK, but I didn't find the characters that interesting to me. Especially Yuki, the prosecutor, who seems so desperate to win a murder case that she doesn't seem very concerned that the accused might actually be innocent. She is disappointed she might lose the conviction because of all the time she has put into the case, with seemingly little remorse about sending an innocent woman to prison if she's wrong.
If you're a woman enjoying a busy plot intertwined with a lot of female bonding, you'll probably like this book, but if you're looking for something deeper, you probably won't.
September 26, 2017
Detective Lindsay Boxer is forced back to reality quickly as she investigates a horrible crime involving a badly injured teenage girl that was left for dead and her newborn baby that is nowhere to be found. As Lindsay races to find the baby and the people who injured the teenage mother, she discovers the victim may know a lot more than she lets on. What is she hiding and why? While this is going on, Yuki Castellano is in the process of trying the biggest case of her career as a prosecuting attorney, a doctor who has been accused of murdering her philandering husband right in front of their two children. She desperately needs a guilty verdict in this case so when Lindsay finds evidence that could save the defendant, she's forced to choose. Should she trust her best friend or follow her instinct?
While this is the tenth book in the Women's Murder Club series, it hasn't become stale, like man series do by this point. I still love the main characters just as much as I have from the beginning. I love the relationship between the four women. The relationship between Lindsay and Jacobi is very much fatherly/mentor. As usual, Patterson is an excellent storyteller and I found myself unable to put the book down.
While this is the tenth book in the Women's Murder Club series, it hasn't become stale, like man series do by this point. I still love the main characters just as much as I have from the beginning. I love the relationship between the four women. The relationship between Lindsay and Jacobi is very much fatherly/mentor. As usual, Patterson is an excellent storyteller and I found myself unable to put the book down.
September 11, 2022
another shiny book in the series that i have grown to enjoy every time. dynamic, familiar, balanced...it is a constant source of enjoyment when you need a good friend in book form to enjoy.
February 17, 2017
3.5 Stars!
Lindsay Boxer is called in to investigate the case of a teenage girl who is discovered in a terrible condition. Without much to go on from the victim all Lindsay has to work on is the medical reports of the Victim. Avis seemed to have delivered a baby, been drugged and probably raped in her recent past. Yuki Castellano is working on probably the biggest case of her life that can make or break her career. It is a murder case where it seems pretty obvious that the wife had murdered her husband. But as we know that murder cases are never that straightforward and this too has a few twists. Also, Cindy Thomas is on a trail of a serial rapist who drugs their victims first so that when all the victims are discovered they virtually have no recollection of the incident. But Cindy may be way in over her head as she soon becomes a target.
There’s not one or two, but three parallel stories going on in this book. And each stories become entwined as the main characters in each story are friends and part of the ‘Women’s Murder Club’. So it is needless to say that like any other James Patterson Novel, it was another action packed book. With either their respective cases or with their personal lives, the ladies have kept the story moving and me interested. Individually, the three storylines would have lacked the strength to keep a hold on a reader, but put together, they worked pretty well. The lead characters of WMC – Lindsay, Yuki, Cindy and Claire are pretty much the same – always standing strong for women power. Lindsay seemed a bit of out of character in this particular installment. The ‘criminal / villain’ wasn’t as forbidding though.
Its sounds complicated and daunting that a plot should have three parallel stories/mysteries running, but really it isn’t. A mix of action and romance kept me going. Like all the Patterson Novels, this too had short chapters which gave the feeling of a fast paced novel. Just one more chapter – its only three-four pages…. And before you know, you are done reading the whole thing. I will not say that this is the best in the series or the best Patterson novel, but it is worth your time and interest.
Lindsay Boxer is called in to investigate the case of a teenage girl who is discovered in a terrible condition. Without much to go on from the victim all Lindsay has to work on is the medical reports of the Victim. Avis seemed to have delivered a baby, been drugged and probably raped in her recent past. Yuki Castellano is working on probably the biggest case of her life that can make or break her career. It is a murder case where it seems pretty obvious that the wife had murdered her husband. But as we know that murder cases are never that straightforward and this too has a few twists. Also, Cindy Thomas is on a trail of a serial rapist who drugs their victims first so that when all the victims are discovered they virtually have no recollection of the incident. But Cindy may be way in over her head as she soon becomes a target.
There’s not one or two, but three parallel stories going on in this book. And each stories become entwined as the main characters in each story are friends and part of the ‘Women’s Murder Club’. So it is needless to say that like any other James Patterson Novel, it was another action packed book. With either their respective cases or with their personal lives, the ladies have kept the story moving and me interested. Individually, the three storylines would have lacked the strength to keep a hold on a reader, but put together, they worked pretty well. The lead characters of WMC – Lindsay, Yuki, Cindy and Claire are pretty much the same – always standing strong for women power. Lindsay seemed a bit of out of character in this particular installment. The ‘criminal / villain’ wasn’t as forbidding though.
Its sounds complicated and daunting that a plot should have three parallel stories/mysteries running, but really it isn’t. A mix of action and romance kept me going. Like all the Patterson Novels, this too had short chapters which gave the feeling of a fast paced novel. Just one more chapter – its only three-four pages…. And before you know, you are done reading the whole thing. I will not say that this is the best in the series or the best Patterson novel, but it is worth your time and interest.
November 17, 2016
Nice warm ending for all parties!!! Loved this read :)
April 3, 2017
At the end of the book we learn that the title actually refers to the 10th Anniversary of friendship between Lindsay Boxer and Claire Washburn, Medical examiner extraordinaire. It's too bad that Claire isn't very present in this book, expect to accompany Lindsay to go find and retrieve that little baby boy, Tyler, that a moronic teenager sold after placing an ad after she got pregnant by her teacher. I will be honest with you, and tell you that I totally understood Lindsay when she lost her patience with this teenage girl, who lied time after time about what actually happened to her baby and to her. That young girl was a spoiled and irritating brat. I hope that one day she comes to her senses.
Then there's Yuki, who's prosecuting Dr. Candace Martin, accused of killing her husband. When Lindsay has her doubts about Dr. Martin's guilt, Yuki is quite vexed with her. Not that their friendship was ever in danger, certainly not. Maybe not the best story-line either.
The 3rd plot is a story that Cindy is pursuing for her paper, The Chronicle, about a rapist, who drugs his victims, keeps them about 8 hours, and then accompanies them home and the victims don't remember a thing. What happened to Cindy at the end, was surprising : I thought that girl was way smarter.
All in all, I have to conclude that most of the protagonists and the SFPD aren't depicted in the best of lights - they don't know how to solve a case - and that's a shame.
What I really enjoyed was the beginning of the book, when we witness Lindsay and Joe get married and by the end we learn they are expecting a baby. Yay!
Then there's Yuki, who's prosecuting Dr. Candace Martin, accused of killing her husband. When Lindsay has her doubts about Dr. Martin's guilt, Yuki is quite vexed with her. Not that their friendship was ever in danger, certainly not. Maybe not the best story-line either.
The 3rd plot is a story that Cindy is pursuing for her paper, The Chronicle, about a rapist, who drugs his victims, keeps them about 8 hours, and then accompanies them home and the victims don't remember a thing. What happened to Cindy at the end, was surprising : I thought that girl was way smarter.
All in all, I have to conclude that most of the protagonists and the SFPD aren't depicted in the best of lights - they don't know how to solve a case - and that's a shame.
What I really enjoyed was the beginning of the book, when we witness Lindsay and Joe get married and by the end we learn they are expecting a baby. Yay!
July 21, 2023
Στα βιβλία του Πάτερσον περιμένεις εξωφρενικους αδίστακτουςκακοποιούς, καταιγιστικό ρυθμό και τη γνωστή παρέα
Ε εδώ η συνταγή βγήκε μάπα
Ε εδώ η συνταγή βγήκε μάπα
November 28, 2025
4 Stars for 10th Anniversary: Women’s Murder Club, Book 10 (audiobook) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro read by Carolyn McCormick.
Lindsay is investigating what happened to a young woman. She was left for dead and her new born baby is missing. Unfortunately the more Lindsey investigates the more it seems like she’s not getting the whole truth from the girl.
Lindsay is investigating what happened to a young woman. She was left for dead and her new born baby is missing. Unfortunately the more Lindsey investigates the more it seems like she’s not getting the whole truth from the girl.
August 5, 2011
I wish I could say this was a book that I wasn’t completely disappointed with.
The first book in this series, 1st to Die, is one of my all time favorites. And I think it’s for that reason, and that reason alone, that I've stuck with this series. At one point I could tell you that I have enjoyed the character progression of the four main women in this series, but now that we’ve arrived at the 10th book, Lindsay Boxer seems like a pale shadow of herself.
This book was… fine. I mean, it was a passable thriller, but not anywhere near one of the best ones I’ve read, and nothing close to the caliber of the first four books in this series. James Patterson has really disappointed me with this one. The plotline was not even all that exciting, revolving mostly around a court case rather than the serial killer on the loose, and even the secondary plot that is more typical of a Patterson thriller was pretty bad. Usually I burn through books like these in about a day, this one took me three on a vacation with unlimited reading time. I’m not saying it was terrible, but it was just so disappointing. How far the Women’s Murder Club has fallen. It’s sad, really.
2 stars- I didn't care for this particular book, but I'm ok having read it because I know if I hadn't I would wonder about it. I'll most likely keep reading these books, I like Lindsay and the rest of the group enough to want to know what Patterson ends up doing with all of them, but maybe next time I won’t be in so much of a hurry.
The first book in this series, 1st to Die, is one of my all time favorites. And I think it’s for that reason, and that reason alone, that I've stuck with this series. At one point I could tell you that I have enjoyed the character progression of the four main women in this series, but now that we’ve arrived at the 10th book, Lindsay Boxer seems like a pale shadow of herself.
This book was… fine. I mean, it was a passable thriller, but not anywhere near one of the best ones I’ve read, and nothing close to the caliber of the first four books in this series. James Patterson has really disappointed me with this one. The plotline was not even all that exciting, revolving mostly around a court case rather than the serial killer on the loose, and even the secondary plot that is more typical of a Patterson thriller was pretty bad. Usually I burn through books like these in about a day, this one took me three on a vacation with unlimited reading time. I’m not saying it was terrible, but it was just so disappointing. How far the Women’s Murder Club has fallen. It’s sad, really.
2 stars- I didn't care for this particular book, but I'm ok having read it because I know if I hadn't I would wonder about it. I'll most likely keep reading these books, I like Lindsay and the rest of the group enough to want to know what Patterson ends up doing with all of them, but maybe next time I won’t be in so much of a hurry.
November 11, 2011
I enjoyed this book.
Yuki had a much larger role to play,
all the members of the Club are undergoing important relational changes for the good,
the explicit sex which seemed to be growing in the last book has been toned down,
and all of plot lines reached good, reasonable conclusions.
I continue to enjoy the short chapterlength,
though as one reviewer said,
it's so easy to say, "Only 3 pages? I can read another chapter before going to bed."
And one chapter becomes one more, and one more, until it's much later than I intended!
All in all, I like this series very much.
My only real problem is that I watched the TV series before reading the books,
so Angie Harmon will always be Lindsey Boxer to me.
So when she is often referred to as "Blondie" in the books,
it's offsetting - Angie is definitely not blonde!
A minor problem, not to deter from my enjoyment.
Now that I've caught up with the series -
I always read series books in order, and only started this year -
I will anxiously await the next installment.
Yuki had a much larger role to play,
all the members of the Club are undergoing important relational changes for the good,
the explicit sex which seemed to be growing in the last book has been toned down,
and all of plot lines reached good, reasonable conclusions.
I continue to enjoy the short chapterlength,
though as one reviewer said,
it's so easy to say, "Only 3 pages? I can read another chapter before going to bed."
And one chapter becomes one more, and one more, until it's much later than I intended!
All in all, I like this series very much.
My only real problem is that I watched the TV series before reading the books,
so Angie Harmon will always be Lindsey Boxer to me.
So when she is often referred to as "Blondie" in the books,
it's offsetting - Angie is definitely not blonde!
A minor problem, not to deter from my enjoyment.
Now that I've caught up with the series -
I always read series books in order, and only started this year -
I will anxiously await the next installment.
April 13, 2024
A lot of crazy in one book. There is the murder trial (thank you for always giving us this other look at the psychological horrors), and Yuki may finally get her conviction. Still, Lindsay isn't sure the right person has been arrested and wants to investigate further.
There's an engagement, and newlyweds, a kidnapping of one of the murder club members.
There are three different mysteries here. A random serial sexual assault with no suspects, A teen who has given birth is found in only a coat with no baby or memory, and the woman on trial for murdering her husband who may or may not have done it.
Lindsay, Yuki, and Candance are most prevalent from the murder club in this installment, with Lindsay's detective work on overload, a court case that could cost Yuki a promotion, and Candance taking risks to get the scoop first.
Solid 4-4.5 Stars
There's an engagement, and newlyweds, a kidnapping of one of the murder club members.
There are three different mysteries here. A random serial sexual assault with no suspects, A teen who has given birth is found in only a coat with no baby or memory, and the woman on trial for murdering her husband who may or may not have done it.
Lindsay, Yuki, and Candance are most prevalent from the murder club in this installment, with Lindsay's detective work on overload, a court case that could cost Yuki a promotion, and Candance taking risks to get the scoop first.
Solid 4-4.5 Stars
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